Final Set - DC US History

Where did the transcontinental railroad first meet?

Promonatory Point, Utah

How many transcontinental railroads were eventually built?

5

What were Jim Crow Laws?

Laws that established segregation across the South

The discovery of the Constock Lode enabled which Western Territory to become a state?

Nevada

Why was the cattle business easy to get into in Texas?

The grass and the cattle were free

What invention ended long cattle drives and free open range grazing?

Barbed Wire

Which supreme court case upheld the right of states to regulate the rates railroads could charge?

Munn v. Illinois

Who was the American Military leader famously killed at the battle of Little Big Horn?

George Armstrong Custer

What event is considered the end of the Indian Wars on the Great Plains?

Wounded Knee

Which African American leader famously promoted the use of crops such as sweet potatoes and peanuts?

George Washington Carver

Eugene v. Debbs

Notable leader of the early labor movement in the United States

Which industry was impacted by the Homestead Strike?

Steel

What is Social Darwinism?

The idea that Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest should be applied to the marketplace

What is a trust?

An organization that manages the assets of other companies

Who was the most notable leader of the steel industry?

Andrew Carnegie

How many time zones was the U.S. divided into by the Railroad companies?

4

What industry produced the nations first truly “Big Business”?

Railroad

Where was the first true skyscraper built?

Chicago, IL

Where did Thomas Edison establish his research labratory?

Menlo Park, NJ

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

Which industry did the U.S. economy develop in the mid to late 1800’s?

Railroad

Who was the first person to figure lout how to extract oil from the ground?

Edwin L Drake

Which state was the first state to produce oil in the U.S.?

Pennsylvania

What resource is closely associated with the Bessemer process?

Steel

What is a vertically integrated company?

A company that controls the entire process of developing a resource and producing a product

What is philanthropy?

Giving away money to cheritable causes

Which university did JD Rockefeller found?

University of Chicago

Who is credited with developing the idea of communism?

Karl Marx

In which city did the Haymarket affair take place?

Chicago

What was the Haymarket affair?

A labor protest that turned violent

By the beginning of the 20th century immigrants where only allowed to come to the U.S. from one Asian country. Which Asian country was it?

The Philippines

In which country did the concept of kindergarten originate?

Germany

What defines a “white collar worker”?

Workers who are paid a salary

What was a Settlement House?

A place that provided social services for those living in poverty

Which reformer is msot associated with the Settlement House movement?

Jane Addams

In which city would you find Tammany Hall?

New York

What is a political machine?

Tightly organized groups of politicians

What was a dumbbell tenament?

Buildings constructed with open ventilation shafts in the center

Why did people leave the city for the suburbs?

To get away from crime, poverty, and pollution

Who was the first African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard?

WEB DuBois

Which political party was Tammany Hall affiliated with?

Democrats

What is a tarriff?

A tax on imported goods

Which President is only president to serve two non consecutive terms?

Grover Cleveland

Who became President after Garfield was assassinated?

Chester A. Arthur

Who assassinated James Garfield?

Charles Guiteau

Which state was James Garfield from?

Ohio

Which President tried to reform the nations civil service system?

Rutherford B. Hayes

What was the spoils system?

A system through which Presidents appointed government officials

What was the patronage system?

A system by which politicians gave out government jobs to their friends

What was the Tweed Ring?

A group of corrupt politicians from New York

What territories did William H. Seward make part of the United States?

Midway Island and Alaska

Who was Liliuokalani?

She was a Hawaiian Queen

What was yellow journalism?

Sensationalistic journalism that made use of lurid sometimes dishonest headlines

Which country was Emilio Aguinaldo from?

The Philippines

On which island is Guatanamo Bay located?

Cuba

Who developed the Open Door Policy?

John Hay

On which country was Panama originally apart of?

Columbia

Which president practiced foreign policy characterized by the phrase “Dollar Diplomacy”?

William Howard Taft

Which company did William Demarist Lloyd critize?

Standard Oil

Which constitutional amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the citizens of each state?

The 17th

Which country was the Open Door Policy primarily concerned with?

China

What is a sphere of influence?

An area where a country has special privileges

What position did John Hay hold in the government?

Secretary of State

Which of the following was considered England’s sphere of influence?

Hong Kong

What did the Open Door Policy state?

That no country could prevent other countries from trading with in that country’s sphere of influence

Who or what were the Boxers rebelling against?

Foreign influence

Who were the Boxers?

A secret society in China that sought to end foreign influence

Who was Sun Yatsen?

A nationalist leader in China

How did the Boxer Rebellion end?

A multinational force of Europeans and Americans put the rebellion down

Who were the members of the Triple Alliance?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Who were the members of the Triple Entente?

Britain, France, Russia

Which British passenger liner was sunk by the Germans killing 128 Americans in May of 1915?

Lusitania

Which country did most Americans want to win the war?

Great Britain

Which American politicians did not support the U.S. entry into the war?

Janette Rankin, William Jennings Bryan

What was the Zimmerman Note?

A telegram from Germany asking Mexico to invade the U.S.

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Communists from Russia

What was the name of the Treaty that ended WWI?

Treaty of Versailles

Which American politician headed the Food Administration during WWI?

Herbert Hoover

What was the Great Migration?

The movement of African American from the South to the North during WWI

What was the Von Schleiffen plan?

The German plan for fighting a two front war

What neutral country needed to be invaded according to the Von Schlieffen plan?

Belgium

At which river did the Allies finally stop Germany?

The Marne

Who started the Battle of the Somme?

The British

Which type of warfare is WWI most associated with?

Trench Warfare

What was the area between the trenches known as?

No man’s land

How long did trench warfare last for during WWI?

3\.5 years

Who was the first country to use chemical weapons?

Germany

What types of chemical weapons were used in WWI?

Chlorine and mustard gas

Why did the Germans engage in unrestricted submarine warfare?

To counter the British blockade

Which automaker first made cars affordable by using the assembly line to produce them?

Ford

What is the Art Deco style of architecture?

Modernist simplification of forms while using machine age materials

Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Charles Lindbergh

Who was John Scopes?

A biology teacher from Tennessee

What were Socco and Vanzetti accused and convicted of?

Murder

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A time period that saw explosion of African American artists, musicians and writers

Who was Al Capone?

A gangster from Chicago

Which amendment started Prohibition?

18th

What was Prohibition?

The banning of the sale, production for sale and transport of alcohol in the United States

What was Teapot Dome?

A Presidential scandal during the Harding administration

What was the Hoover Dam originally known as?

The Boulder Dam